Description
The scene is from the drama The Happy Couple of Nagoya, which was presented at the Nakamura theater in August 1742. Torii Kiyoshige’s mastery of portraiture is evident in this image.
Provenance
Bunshichi Kobayashi (c. 1861–1923); sold to Clarence Buckingham (1854–1913), Chicago, Dec. 1906; by descent to his sister, Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, 1913; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.
The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Fuwa Banzaemon in the play "Monzukushi Nagoya Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1748
1748
Accession Number
21470
Medium
Hand-colored woodblock print; habahiro hashira-e, urushi-e
Dimensions
65.3 × 15.1 cm (25 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Credit Line
Clarence Buckingham Collection
